Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning.
Thank you for your invitation to provide a technical briefing to the committee on the extradition framework in Canada.
My colleague, Ms. Henchey, is senior general counsel and director general of the criminal law operations section. Ms. Henchey and her colleagues at the international assistance group are responsible for the administration of the Extradiction Act and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act on behalf of the Minister of Justice.
The IAG reports to the assistant deputy attorney general of the national litigation sector, whom I support. The national litigation sector is responsible for the conduct of litigation involving the Government of Canada or any department.
You'll see we've distributed a deck, which may assist you in following our presentation this morning.
Extradition is the process—